PICTOU, N.S. — Economy of scale can be a double-edged sword: if you’re McDonalds, ordering a million pounds of ground beef gives you some clout. If you’re a carmaker, trying to get a noticeable bump in profit margin from basically the same model can be tricky.In the case of Lincoln, …

Buyers in the entry-level luxury sedan segment are spoiled by choice. In this crowded field, there are no fewer than seven quality sedans vying for your wallet: the gold-standard BMW 3 Series, the venerable Audi A4, Lexus’s IS lineup, the stylish Infiniti Q50, the Cadillac ATS and the Mercedes C-Class.And …

I’m not really into lucky numbers. My office lottery pool is a futile series of random tickets that fail to pay off week after week. And when in Vegas, I bet on red. I like those odds.I think the Prius has a lucky number, though, and it’s 4.4. As in, …

One week, 164 kilometres, $8.64. It’s a small sample size, I know, but it was a week punctuated with, “Will the gas gauge ever move?” until, “Finally, it moved.” Even then, it was impossible to stifle a laugh when the pump clicked off before the gas-station attendant could finish telling …

A little old-school, I thought, as I got out of the Tundra after my first stint behind the wheel. For starters, this $57,000 truck doesn’t have a panoramic sunroof. Only the front seats are heated, and the wipers can’t sense the rain. Park assist? Don’t think so. Remote start? Nope. …

Over its 30-year run, Nissan’s Pathfinder has undergone several interesting transformations.
Originally a two-door sport ute that was essentially a covered version of the Hardbody pickup, it added a second set of doors five years later. The second-generation 1996 model lost the body-on-frame architecture and gained a lot more sophistication, keeping …

LOS ANGELES — “L.A.’s fine, sunshine most of the time. The feeling is laid back.”So sang Neil Diamond 45 years ago. And, yes, it is indeed a fine, sunshiny day, made all the more glorious by the fact that southern Ontario is experiencing a genuinely frigid stretch of weather.Shades …

Ever notice that right after acquiring something — be it a new purchase, an experience or in this case, a press car — you suddenly start seeing it everywhere? Being dogged by random sightings of Hyundai Elantras this week was probably as much due to it being one of Canada’s …

I thought I’d never see the day a high-ranking auto exec would look at the BMW X6 and say “we need one of those.”
More expensive and cramped than the X5 on which it’s based, I can only assume that some folks think the “crossover coupe” looks better and value the …

JASPER, Alta. — The elk looked up as we approached, and then almost seemed to shrug his shoulders as he went back to eating the grass. Dawn has just broken over the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and we’re about to leave paradise and head back to Calgary, the airport and …